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Setting

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Narrower term 4

Canvas 76% connected

A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Pave 76% connected

The pavement.

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Scenario 76% connected

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

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Broader term 8

Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Environs 76% connected

The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

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Mounting 76% connected

of Mount

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Surround 76% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Derivationally related 4

Lay 74% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Lay 74% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Set 74% connected

of Set

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Set 74% connected

of Set

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Component part 4

Flat 70% connected

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

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Prop 70% connected

A shell, used as a die. See Props.

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Property 70% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Set 70% connected

of Set

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Synonym 6

Background 92% connected

Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

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Circumstance 92% connected

That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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Context 92% connected

Knit or woven together; close; firm.

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Mount 92% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Scene 92% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Scope 92% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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